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Northwest Africa 13392
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 13392
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 13392
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2020
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 393 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  LL5-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 64 approved meteorites classified as LL5-6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 2 Aug 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Northwest Africa 13392 (NWA 13392)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2020

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5-6)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a meteorite dealer in Tindouf, Algeria.

Physical characteristics: Brownish rock partly covered with fusion crust.

Petrography: Chondritic breccia composed of up to 1.5 cm sized LL6-type fragments (plagioclase grain size is about 80 µm) set into LL5-type matrix (plagioclase grain size is about 30 µm).

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Tindouf, Algeria
Date:P 2020
Mass (g):393
Pieces:1
Class:LL5-6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):30.3±0.1 (n=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):24.8±0.2 (n=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):2.4±0.2 (n=12)
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):29.8
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Boulaouane Taleb Ahmed
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9111 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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